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NZEI Te Riu Roa urges Government to make professional development time permanent
NZEI Te Riu Roa has welcomed the addition of four teacher-only days over the next two years as the refreshed New Zealand Curriculum is bedded into schools, but is asking the…
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Budget 2023 needs to unlock funding for learning support
Budget 2023 will need to unlock sufficient funding to address inequitable access, understaffing and unmet needs in learning support if proposed reforms are to succeed, NZEI Te Riu…
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NZEI TE Riu Roa educators to discuss employment offer, further action
Tens of thousands of principals and teachers working in primary, area schools and kindergartens up and down Aotearoa will attend dozens of union meetings over the next three weeks…
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Connection between teachers and tamariki key to turning around attendance
Lower class sizes, more teacher aides and much great access to learning support for all tamariki who need it are among key solutions to turning around attendance, NZEI Te Riu Roa…
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ECE subsidies need to be matched with support for teachers
NZEI Te Riu Roa welcomes the Government’s decision to increase early childhood education subsidies for families, but stresses that this change must be matched with actions to…
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New evaluation of school learning support roles points to need for more of them
Tamariki are missing out on getting the learning support they need to thrive, a new evaluation of school learning support roles shows.
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Report card: Education union grades support and resourcing for kaiako ahead of World Teachers’ Day tomorrow
A commitment to pay parity for early childhood teachers has been a positive result of this Government’s latest term in office, but more attention is needed to address the urgent…
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Work begins to secure a Fair Pay Agreement for ECE sector
NZEI Te Riu Roa members are celebrating the passing of the Fair Pay Agreements Bill in Parliament today and will now begin gathering signatures to trigger a Fair Pay Agreement for…
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Four pay equity settlements, up to 79 percent pay rises – a legacy of 50 years of the Equal Pay Act for the education sector
NZEI Te Riu Roa is welcoming pay increases of up to 79 percent today for some members, as the union marks the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act 1972 this week (20 Oct.).